Webb Science Podcasts

CURIOUS UNIVERSE PODCAST
SEASON 10, EPISODE 3 - JUL 29, 2025

Why Webb's Earliest Galaxies Are Blowing Scientists' Minds

With the James Webb Space Telescope, we are seeing the early universe like never before. Webb produces beautiful images and detailed scientific data that leave astronomers in awe. In this episode, Mic Bagley, a NASA scientist on the Webb team, guides us through new discoveries made possible by Webb. Mic tells the story of a remarkable galaxy discovered in the early days of Webb’s science mission and explains why Webb is teaching us “everything” about how galaxies form and evolve.

CURIOUS UNIVERSE PODCAST
SEASON 10, EPISODE 1- JUN 4, 2025

Cosmic Dawn with Nobel Laureate John Mather

The James Webb Space Telescope is doing something astronomers dreamed about for decades: peering into our universe’s early past, a period known as cosmic dawn. A new NASA+ documentary—also called Cosmic Dawn—chronicles the inside story of Webb’s design, construction, and launch. John Mather, who won the 2006 Nobel Prize for Physics, proposed the telescope and led its science team for decades. In this interview, Mather talks about his life, his research, and the pre-dawn phone call telling him he had won the Nobel Prize.

CURIOUS UNIVERSE PODCAST
SEASON 6, EPISODE 6 - DEC 12, 2023

Exploring the Early Universe with Webb

The James Webb Space Telescope promised to show us “baby pictures” of the universe. Now in its second year of science, Webb is fulfilling that promise—and more. NASA scientists Jane Rigby, Taylor Hutchison, and Gerónimo Villanueva explain how they use Webb to peer back to the earliest stages of the universe and examine stunning plumes of water in our own solar system.

Introducing the Webb Space Telescope Mini-Series

CURIOUS UNIVERSE PODCAST
SEASON 1, JWST MINI EPISODE 4 - DEC 14, 2021

Webb Space Telescope: Go for Launch with ESA Expert

After years of preparation and anticipation, it’s time to send the world’s most powerful telescope to space. Ariane 5 rocket expert Rudi Albat (ESA) takes you through launch day and describes why the launcher that will carry Webb to its final destination is one of a kind.

CURIOUS UNIVERSE PODCAST
SEASON 1, JWST MINI EPISODE 3 - DEC 7, 2021

Webb Space Telescope: The Global Village

A scientist from Italy who studies baby stars. A Californian spacecraft refrigeration pioneer. A Dominican-American engineer who saw space as her refuge from a tough life at home. Meet three people who represent a small slice of the thousands who have worked on Webb worldwide.

CURIOUS UNIVERSE PODCAST
SEASON 1, JWST MINI EPISODE 2 - NOV 30, 2021

Webb Space Telescope: Building the Next Discovery Machine

Webb is preparing for a million-mile journey to its lookout point over the universe. Engineers have been hard at work designing, installing, and testing the world’s next discovery machine that will change astronomy for years to come. Join Kenneth Harris, Joe Sprofera, and Rene Doyon as they explain what it took to engineer Webb

CURIOUS UNIVERSE PODCAST
SEASON 1 , JWST MINI EPISODE 1- NOV 23, 2021

Webb Space Telescope: Into the Unknown

The James Webb Space Telescope is going to open a new window into the universe. It will show us stars, galaxies, planets, and other objects as we’ve never seen them before. In the first of four episodes of our mini-series, we focus on the great science that Webb will do.

CURIOUS UNIVERSE PODCAST
SEASON 1 , JWST MINI SERIES INTRO - NOV 16, 2021

Curious Universe: Introducing the Webb Space Telescope Mini-Series

NASA is preparing to launch the largest and most powerful space telescope ever constructed. Join us for a special James Webb Space Telescope mini-series as we explore the science, engineering, people, and launch of this historic mission.

More Webb Podcasts

CURIOUS UNIVERSE PODCAST
SEASON 1 - OCT 26, 2020

Our Cosmic Time Machine, The James Webb Space Telescope

The James Webb Space Telescope will explore every phase of cosmic history: from the formation of the very first galaxies in the early universe, to our cosmic backyard of the Solar System. Webb is the largest space telescope NASA has ever built and it is almost ready to make its journey about one million miles from Earth. 

Webb Podcasts - Universo Curioso de la NASA

SEASON 2 EPISODE 4 - OCT 15, 2024

Explorando el cosmos con Webb

Desde que comenzó sus observaciones científicas en 2022, el telescopio espacial James Webb de la NASA ha marcado un antes y un después en la exploración del universo. Acompáñanos a hacer un repaso de las hazañas de este detective cósmico junto a los científicos Begoña Vila y Néstor Espinoza.

SEASON 1 EPISODE 2 - DEC 16, 2021

Desplegando el universo con el telescopio espacial James Webb

En el primer episodio de Universo Curioso de la NASA, te presentamos al telescopio espacial James Webb, el más grande, complejo y poderoso jamás construido. Webb abrirá una nueva ventana al cosmos, desde donde veremos estrellas, galaxias, planetas y otros objetos como nunca antes.

SEASON 1 EPISODE 1 - DEC 8, 2021

Universo Curioso de la NASA

Acompáñanos a explorar el telescopio espacial James Webb, el más grande, complejo y poderoso jamás construido.